[Bug driver/52982] New: add option to select particular linker

[fche at redhat dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52982

             Bug #: 52982
           Summary: add option to select particular linker
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: driver
        AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org
        ReportedBy: fche@redhat.com


If one has both ld and gold installed, gcc gives little help in letting someone
choose one or the other for a particular link job.  (Systemwide relinking a la
alternatives(1), or forcing creation of a temporary -B directory, are not
convenient.)

Please consider adding an option to the driver, akin to -Wl... to allow
overriding of the ld binary being invoked.  Perhaps: gcc -Wl=/bin/ld.gold
(and similar options for -Wa=, -Wp= could make sense).